Improper Certificate Validation Affecting libslirp package, versions <0:4.4.0-2.rhaos4.11.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-LIBSLIRP-5968166
  • published 26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed 1 Jun 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 libslirp to version 0:4.4.0-2.rhaos4.11.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:7398.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libslirp package and not the libslirp package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the python-scciclient when making an HTTPS connection to a server where the server's certificate would not be verified. This issue opens up the connection to possible Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.4 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

7.4 high